As ever, there’s a catch - and that catch is well over the million mark - but this £2.5 million Newton Mearns pad is the pride of Rightmove's premium listings and it could be yours, if you have the cash to splash.

Splash may be the operative word, since this place comes complete with its own swimming pool - indoor, to save you from the unpredictable Scottish weather.

Still, there’s Balgray Reservoir on your doorstep when the sun does shine, and this modern country house has 18 acres of land to make the most of the great outdoors.

Waterside Farm is described as “one of the finest new houses in south west Scotland” - but there’s a bit of history to the place too, with the 1996 building using the footprint and facade of the original 18th century farmhouse.

(Photo: Rightmove)

(Photo: Rightmove)

Inside, there’s a dining room with 18 place dining table (better start counting how many friends you have) a drawing room with exposed beams, library, huge family kitchen with dining area and a sunroom (the posh word for a conservatory perhaps?)

There’s also a billiard room, play room and separate changing and shower rooms to go with the pool, as well as four bedrooms, each with ‘extensive’ dressing areas and en suite bathrooms.

All that and it’s barely outside the Glasgow city boundary. Newton Mearns falls within East Renfrewshire, an area known for high achiever schools within a stone’s throw of the nightlife of the southside.